Special Needs Scouting

Having a handicap or special need doesn’t have to prevent a Scout from attaining the rank of Eagle. Read about the inspiring Scouts who strive for excellence no matter their special need.

Camporees

Here's to Your Health

By Scouting magazine

A weekend’s variation on the traditional camporee educates New York Scouts about challenges faced by people dealing with disabilities and disease.

Outdoor activities

Where Riding Works Wonders

By Scouting magazine

Members of a Maryland special-needs Venturing crew sample a remarkably effective program known as ‘therapeutic horseback riding.’

Camporees

Seeing Beyond Disabilities

By Scouting magazine

A special camporee lets Scouts personally experience the impact of different physical handicaps and also realize that such limitations need not keep a person from living a full life.

Scouts BSA

A Special Scout

By Scouting magazine

Tourette syndrome, a widely misunderstood disorder, has not kept Ryan Farrell from succeeding in Scouting and writing a book to explain the condition to others.